BOONE, Iowa—John Lee “Bull” Wheelock, 73, of Boone, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024, at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. John was born June 10, 1950, in Boone, the son of Patrick and Elaine (Clark) Wheelock.  He attended Sacred Heart School and Boone High School. John served from 1969-1971, with the US Army […]

BOONE, Iowa—Iowa Senator Joni Ernst held a public townhall meeting at the Central Iowa Expo Building Friday afternoon. Ernst responded to a number of questions and was frustrated that congress failed to pass the bipartisan border legislation earlier this month. Ernst said she supported the legislation because for the first time in decades, a change […]

AMES, Iowa – Award-winning researcher, educator and author John Reganold, Regents Professor of Soil Science and Agroecology at the Washington State University, will present the 2024 Shivvers Lecture on March 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Room 2226 Bessey Hall, 2200 Osborn Drive, on the Iowa State University campus. The event will be hosted by the Leopold Center […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have now been set for Jerry V. Caswell, 82, of Boone, IA, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Boone County Hospital in Boone. He was born on December 17, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts, the son of Robert and Mildred (Gleason) Caswell. On August 7, 1965, Jerry married Suzanne Steffen […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Communications Center has passed along this notice, there is a nationwide AT&T outage that is preventing wireless customers from making and receiving any phone calls. There may be difficulty in making 9-1-1 calls. On the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Facebook post, it was noted that it may take an extensive amount […]

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LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY  WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL  Kirkwood over DMACC 80-57  MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL  DMACC over Kirkwood 73-63